Quantum Computing

This is the single best perspective on the shift and risk in quantum computing. It has the perfect balance of technical detail, background, skepticism, realism, and, most importantly, risk tradeoffs. This quote captures it all: The job is not to be skeptical of things we’re not experts in. The job is to mitigate credible threats, and there are credible experts telling us about an imminent threat. In summary, it might be that in 10 years the predictions will turn out to be wrong, but at this point they might also be right soon, and that risk is now unacceptable. ...

Werner Vogels, the CTO of Amazon wrote about his upcoming predictions. This note on quantum cryptography is the best take I’ve seen so far w.r.t to its urgency: Preparation isn’t something you can put off, the work must begin now, and organizations need to act on three fronts: Deploying post-quantum cryptography (PQC) where we can Planning to update and replace physical infrastructure where we can’t Developing quantum ready talent to support this transition. Luckily, not all is lost: ...